14th and 15th round of the Schachbundesliga
Two rounds before the end of the season Baden-Baden, Solingen and Bremen are fighting for the title in the Schachbundesliga. Most probably the following pairings will decide who will win the championship.
10. April 2010, 2pm
Playing venue Bremen:
Werder Bremen – SG Solingen
Playing venue Baden-Baden:
OSG Baden-Baden – SV Mülheim Nord
These are the four best teams of the league so anything can happen.
In the case that two teams have the same team points at the end of the season there will be a tiebreak at the end of April. The board points are not relevant as second criteria for the title.
As in the previous rounds the Schachbundesliga publishes the lineups of the teams involved at the venue, where Baden-Baden is playing:
14th round: Saturday, 10th of April 2010, 2 pm
Playing venue Baden-Baden
| OSG Baden-Baden | SV Mülheim Nord | |||
| 1 | Alexei Shirov | 2730* | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2718 |
| 2 | Etienne Bacrot | 2709 | Pavel Tregubov | 2649 |
| 3 | Michael Adams | 2682 | Daniel Fridman | 2661 |
| 4 | Arkadij Naiditsch | 2685 | Vitali Golod | 2602 |
| 5 | Francisco Vallejo Pons | 2696 | Alexander Berelowitsch | 2551 |
| 6 | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | 2664 | Felix Levin | 2481 |
| 7 | Jan Gustafsson | 2622 | Daniel Hausrath | 2528 |
| 8 | Rustem Dautov | 2596 | Gerhard Schebler | 2486 |
| SK Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim | SF Katernberg | |||
| 1 | Viacheslav Ikonnikov | 2558 | Vladimir Chuchelov | 2598 |
| 2 | Gennadi Ginsburg | 2537 | Christian Seel | 2493 |
| 3 | Vladimir Gurevic | 2470 | Klaus Bischoff | 2561 |
| 4 | Vadim Chernov | 2433 | Ilja Zaragatski | 2475 |
| 5 | Erasmus Gerigk | 2335 | Sebastian Siebrecht | 2456 |
| 6 | Jörg Schwalfenberg | 2317 | Christian Scholz | 2373 |
| 7 | Hans-Joachim Vatter | 2321 | Sarah Hoolt | 2225 |
| 8 | Jean-Luc Roos | 2260 | Jens Kotainy | 2243 |
*Elo rating at the beginning of the season
Playing venue Bremen
Werder Bremen – SG Solingen
Hamburger SK – SC Remagen
Playing venue Eppingen
SC Eppingen – SV Wattenscheid
SG Trier – SK Turm Emsdetten
Playing venue Erfurt
Erfurter SK – SF Berlin
Bayern München – SK König Tegel
15th round: Sunday, 11th of April 2010, 10 am
Playing venue Baden-Baden
| SF Katernberg | OSG Baden-Baden | |||
| 1 | Vladimir Chuchelov | 2598 | Alexei Shirov | 2730 |
| 2 | Christian Seel | 2493 | Etienne Bacrot | 2709 |
| 3 | Klaus Bischoff | 2561 | Michael Adams | 2682 |
| 4 | Ilja Zaragatski | 2475 | Arkadij Naiditsch | 2685 |
| 5 | Sebastian Siebrecht | 2456 | Francisco Vallejo Pons | 2696 |
| 6 | Christian Scholz | 2373 | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | 2664 |
| 7 | Sarah Hoolt | 2225 | Jan Gustafsson | 2622 |
| 8 | Jens Kotainy | 2243 | Rustem Dautov | 2596 |
| SV Mülheim Nord | SK Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim | |||
| 1 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2718 | Viacheslav Ikonnikov | 2558 |
| 2 | Pavel Tregubov | 2649 | Gennadi Ginsburg | 2537 |
| 3 | Daniel Fridman | 2661 | Vladimir Gurevic | 2470 |
| 4 | Vitali Golod | 2602 | Vadim Chernov | 2433 |
| 5 | Alexander Berelowitsch | 2551 | Erasmus Gerigk | 2335 |
| 6 | Felix Levin | 2481 | Jörg Schwalfenberg | 2317 |
| 7 | Daniel Hausrath | 2528 | Hans-Joachim Vatter | 2321 |
| 8 | Gerhard Schebler | 2486 | Jean-Luc Roos | 2260 |
Playing venue Bremen
SG Solingen – Hamburger SK
SC Remagen – Werder Bremen
Playing venue Eppingen
SV Wattenscheid – SG Trier
SK Turm Emsetten – SC Eppingen
Playing venue Erfurt
SF Berlin – Bayern München
SK König Tegel – Erfurter SK
Live coverage:
All games of the Schachbundesliga are covered live in the internet. At the particular date of the matches you can get access to the games via the website of the Schachbundesliga.
Standings after round 13
| RNG | Team | P |
| 1. | OSG Baden-Baden | 24 |
| 2. | SG Solingen | 24 |
| 3. | Werder Bremen | 23 |
| 4. | Mülheim Nord | 20 |
| 5. | SV Wattenscheid | 16 |
| 6. | Hamburger SK | 15 |
| 7. | SC Remagen | 15 |
| 8. | SC Eppingen | 14 |
| 9. | Turm Emsdetten | 12 |
| 10. | SG Trier | 12 |
| 11. | SF Katernberg | 12 |
| 12. | SF Berlin | 7 |
| 13. | Bayern München | 5 |
| 14. | Heidelberg-HSH | 5 |
| 15. | SK König Tegel | 2 |
| 16. | Erfurter SK | 2 |
What a strong league!
OSG Baden-Baden is packed with Super GMs. How are these teams formed? If it’s a matter of who can pay much more, then this league is a farce.